Every night, our prayer starts like this: Be still and know that I am God. Maybe it started when our litany of God-blesses maxed out into a mile-long list of everyone my son knew: each teacher at his school, every former babysitter, distant relatives he’d never met, all the children in the world. Maybe it … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: November 2013
A Month of Gratitude
On facebook this month, many of my friends have taken the gratitude challenge. Every day in November, they will list those things for which they are grateful. While I don’t often participate in that online, our family does focus on that at our dinner table during November. In the spirit of gratitude for which we … Continue reading
The Weight
The long walk down the hospital hallway was haunting. Dad was in the semi-private room way at the end of the wing. And he was dying. I arrived in the room ready for a nightmare and found it. As I studied the room I saw the curtain separating him from his neighbour and felt devastated … Continue reading
Practicing Families 